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Re: GTI Clubsport S - Opinions & Feedback
« Reply #40 on: 24 September 2016, 18:01 »
I didn't realise that the Clubsport 40 was a Limited edition - How many are being made ?? would be a great way to benchmark Clubsport S values ..??!

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Re: GTI Clubsport S - Opinions & Feedback
« Reply #41 on: 24 September 2016, 18:13 »
Here is another review for the Clubsport. Makes me wish I had gone for the tornado red now!

https://youtu.be/V2p8KUdCVEc
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Re: GTI Clubsport S - Opinions & Feedback
« Reply #42 on: 26 September 2016, 12:36 »

You do realize that it's faster than every single car in your signature right?  :whistle:


0-60 in 5.9 secs for the Clubsport S - is that right?
0-60 for the Golf R 4.9, clocked at 4.6.
0-60 for the Porsche was 4.9, clocked at 4.6.
0-60 for the TTS is 4.6, clocked at 4.1.

It's not that quick for how much it costs.  Just saying my friend.  :smiley:
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Re: GTI Clubsport S - Opinions & Feedback
« Reply #43 on: 26 September 2016, 13:17 »
MatchBoy - Quicker than a 911 GTS PDK & a GT4 ... CS-S 5.8 seconds to 60 Mph - I want some of what you've been drinking ...  :laugh: The 18 year old M Coupe would leave it standing :whistle:

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« Reply #44 on: 26 September 2016, 13:25 »
MatchBoy - Quicker than a 911 GTS PDK & a GT4 ... CS-S 5.8 seconds to 60 Mph - I want some of what you've been drinking ...  :laugh: The 18 year old M Coupe would leave it standing :whistle:

I don't know the 0-60 on a Clubsport S, 5.8 was a guess, as the car doesn't really interest me so I didn't look up the time.  I appreciate those who track day it will find it of interest, hence why I used a '?' hoping that someone knows the time and would post it.  But I stand by my original point, for £35k its not that quick and there are faster & better specced cars out there for the same/less money.

The other 0-60 times I quoted are book times, with times I've taken/seen on YouTube.  I haven't seen a true 0-60 time for the Clubsport S so I couldn't provide that information for comparison purposes.
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Re: GTI Clubsport S - Opinions & Feedback
« Reply #45 on: 26 September 2016, 13:43 »

You do realize that it's faster than every single car in your signature right?  :whistle:


0-60 in 5.9 secs for the Clubsport S - is that right?
0-60 for the Golf R 4.9, clocked at 4.6.
0-60 for the Porsche was 4.9, clocked at 4.6.
0-60 for the TTS is 4.6, clocked at 4.1.

It's not that quick for how much it costs.  Just saying my friend.  :smiley:

0-60 times really? That's all about the drivetrain. AWD > RWD > FWD, it hardly reveals anything about the true performance level of any car. Thanks for today's lesson but I had it around 20 years ago. Please don't tell me you bought a Porsche for 0-60 drag racing, did you?

Now I'll help you and state that with real-world performance I mean what happens when you pull against another car on the road/highway, or on a twisty road, or on the track, or during every rolling (in-gear) acceleration, bingo...

CS and CS-S even further, pull just as hard (harder in some cases) than all of the above cars, better even than an M2, or an A45 AMG, or a Focus RS and the list goes on. The vids and tests are all there for you to check. In my book these are not exactly slow cars nor do they (mostly) cost 35K. Hopefully point becoming clearer now.

I mean unless when you pull against another car you wave your hand and if he slows down, you roll down the window and shout "hello sir can you please come to a full stop and then I'll count to 3 and we launch? Thank you". Sure if you do that (and it works :grin:) you'd be better with any non-FWD car. For the 99,9% percent of a random encounter with any of those cars the CS will put them to shame.
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Re: GTI Clubsport S - Opinions & Feedback
« Reply #46 on: 26 September 2016, 14:09 »

0-60 times really? That's all about the drivetrain. AWD > RWD > FWD, it hardly reveals anything about the true performance level of any car. Thanks for today's lesson but I had it around 20 years ago. Please don't tell me you bought a Porsche for 0-60 drag racing, did you?

Now I'll help you and state that with real-world performance I mean what happens when you pull against another car on the road/highway, or on a twisty road, or on the track, or during every rolling (in-gear) acceleration, bingo...

CS and CS-S even further, pull just as hard (harder in some cases) than all of the above cars, better even than an M2, or an A45 AMG, or a Focus RS and the list goes on. The vids and tests are all there for you to check. In my book these are not exactly slow cars nor do they (mostly) cost 35K. Hopefully point becoming clearer now.

I mean unless when you pull against another car you wave your hand and if he slows down, you roll down the window and shout "hello sir can you please come to a full stop and then I'll count to 3 and we launch? Thank you". Sure if you do that (and it works :grin:) you'd be better with any non-FWD car. For the 99,9% percent of a random encounter with any of those cars the CS will put them to shame.

Thanks for the reply, but I really don't care that much!  :grin:

Clearly you are a CS S fanboy, and I'm not interested in one of those discussions.  The "better than even an M2" was my favourite part of your reply btw, most amusing  :grin:

Enjoy your car my friend.  :smiley:
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Re: GTI Clubsport S - Opinions & Feedback
« Reply #47 on: 26 September 2016, 14:39 »
Clearly you are a CS S fanboy, and I'm not interested in one of those discussions.  The "better than even an M2" was my favourite part of your reply btw, most amusing  :grin:

Enjoy your car my friend.  :smiley:

Well If basic math understanding like 07:49" at the 'Ring is quicker than 07:58" at the 'Ring and if 60-160km/h at 8,2" is faster than 8,9"  makes me a fanboy then I whole-heartedly accept the name. But rather a fact fan-boy than a brand one like others  :wink:

It's funny how your entire attitude is basically revolving around the "it's a Golf so how can it be quicker than a BMW" but no numbers to back it up other than the misleading 0-60 times.

I have to admit though it's owners like you and their "i drive a BMW/Audi/Porsche so by that alone I must be quicker than any VW/Skoda/Seat/Renault/Ford" attitude that keep the roads an interesting place, please continue to go on like that, it's priceless, every single time...


PS. --- Bonus links only for fanboys  :grin: :grin: :grin: ---- Not to be clicked by BMW/Merc owners!!! in-gear acceleration shock imminent ---

M2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnzmji36kI4
A45 AMG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnno7MpRKk4

very slow Clubsport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKG8IFEDpHg
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Re: GTI Clubsport S - Opinions & Feedback
« Reply #48 on: 26 September 2016, 15:16 »

I have to admit though it's owners like you and their "i drive a BMW/Audi/Porsche so by that alone I must be quicker than any VW/Skoda/Seat/Renault/Ford" attitude that keep the roads an interesting place, please continue to go on like that, it's priceless, every single time...


And yet I've owned a mk 7 R and GTI, and various GTI's before that.  So zero snobbery from me as VW are my favourite cars  :rolleyes:

I'm not getting your point with these videos?  AutoMann shows 5.5 secs 0-60 for the Clubsport.  He also has a video of my current car doing 0-60 in 4.1 - and yet the Clubsport is quicker?  Confusing!  :grin:

Anyway, enough willy waving, like I say enjoy your car and those N'ring laptimes my friend.  :smiley:
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Re: GTI Clubsport S - Opinions & Feedback
« Reply #49 on: 26 September 2016, 15:35 »
I'm not getting your point with these videos?  AutoMann shows 5.5 secs 0-60 for the Clubsport.  He also has a video of my current car doing 0-60 in 4.1 - and yet the Clubsport is quicker?  Confusing!  :grin:

God, you didn't just say 0-60 times? again??

I suspected those links would confuse you even more, but ok I give up, you really are a lost cause  :cry: